Govt said the Girnar ropeway is among the longest in the world Gandhinagar: More than 47 lakh pilgrims and tourists used the ropeway to reach hilltop shrines at Girnar, Pavagadh and Ambaji in during 2025-26.Govt said the three ropeway services collectively ferried over 47.3 lakh passengers during the year. Pavagadh recorded the highest footfall with…
Rajkot: A 26-year-old resident doctor was allegedly abused, slapped and threatened by a senior colleague in the emergency room of Rajkot Civil Hospital on Thursday after a disagreement over the admission of a critically ill patient.Acting on a complaint filed by Dr Krisha Singala, Pradyuman Nagar police registered a case against Dr Ashwin Ramani.Dr Singala,…
Ahmedabad: The Saurashtra coastline is set for a major space push, with state science and technology minister Arjun Modhwadiya on Friday announcing that a space launching station (spaceport) will come up near Kodinar in Saurashtra.The minister made the announcement while speaking at the launch of a three-day space festival at Science City in Ahmedabad. India…
Ahmedabad: Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and Gujarat Forest Department have identified a 150-km lion movement corridor from Shetrunji through Hingolgadh to Rampara after an Asiatic lion’s solo dispersal from Hingolgadh in Rajkot district to Rampara in Surendranagar brought attention to the landscape’s connectivity and potential as an expansion route beyond Gir.The corridor’s importance dates…
Ahmedabad: In the bootlegging race, eastern Ahmedabad is so far ahead of the west that the value of booze seized in the east (from Jan to July) accounts for 71.5% of the value of police’s total liquor haul from the city. The western belt’s seizures were concentrated in Sarkhej and Sola, which recorded combined values…
preventive arrests in ahmedabad Ahmedabad: In the days leading up to a Rath Yatra procession, a Navratri block, a political rally or a VVIP visit, something changes sharply in how Ahmedabad police operate — and the numbers tell a striking story.An analysis of enforcement data spanning 587 days, from Jan 1, 2025 to Aug 10,…
Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court here on Friday sentenced one Devraj Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district to 20 years’ imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor girl.The victim’s father lodged an FIR with Nikol police in May 2021 after the family found out the girl was pregnant. Since the pregnancy was in an advanced…
Ahmedabad: Methanol allegedly brought from Delhi was used to adulterate liquor that killed nine people and left around 25 critically ill in Bhavnagar, exposing gaps in enforcement of prohibition in Gujarat. “One of the accused allegedly brought methanol from Delhi to Bhavnagar via Ahmedabad using two transporters. Another accused, who later died after drinking the…
Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court here on Thursday sentenced 31-year-old Amit Vanzara to 20 years in jail after convicting him for rape of a 10-year-old girl in June 2024.An FIR was lodged by the girl’s parent with Meghaninagar police, alleging that while the girl was sleeping outside the house, the accused forced himself upon her….
Ahmedabad: For the first time after three rounds of admissions, 3,501 seats in govt and grant-in-aid diploma engineering colleges remained vacant, prompting the state admission committee to announce a fourth round following the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) extension of the admission deadline.While 27,428 seats remain vacant in self-financed colleges after completion of…
